Instantly! How Quickly I Realized I Hate My Job

Occupational tomfoolery, hilarity & technology collide when two snarky co-workers, Nia and Harper, bond over the hatred of their oh-so-DREADFUL workplace. They've simply had it! Two successful professionals at different stages in their careers and from opposite sides of the track, they form an unspoken sorority which serves as the foundation to coping with higher-ups and colleagues in their zany workplace, Taking Chances! Nia and Harper's friendship deepens when they discover that chatting with each other throughout the day via instant messenger makes their 9-to-5 more tolerable: no topics (or co-workers) are off limits. Having self-elevated to become the office's Cool Girls, encounters with their lewd and lascivious boss, Milton, and an office brimming with brown-nosers are fodder for their virtual exchanges. Positioned as an anecdotal tale, Instantly! unveils whether dismay, ennui and entrapment in their cubicles are manufactured by Nia and Harper or do the duo really have the chutzpah to explore pursuits beyond Taking Chances!? Is the career path truly greener on the other side?

Occupational tomfoolery, hilarity & technology collide when two snarky co-workers, Nia and Harper, bond over the hatred of their oh-so-DREADFUL workplace. They've simply had it! Two successful professionals at different stages in their careers and from opposite sides of the track, they form an unspoken sorority which serves as the foundation to coping with higher-ups and colleagues in their zany workplace, Taking Chances! Nia and Harper's friendship deepens when they discover that chatting with each other throughout the day via instant messenger makes their 9-to-5 more tolerable: no topics (or co-workers) are off limits. Having self-elevated to become the office's Cool Girls, encounters with their lewd and lascivious boss, Milton, and an office brimming with brown-nosers are fodder for their virtual exchanges. Positioned as an anecdotal tale, Instantly! unveils whether dismay, ennui and entrapment in their cubicles are manufactured by Nia and Harper or do the duo really have the chutzpah to explore pursuits beyond Taking Chances!? Is the career path truly greener on the other side?

Shameeka Ayers married her love of marketing and public relations to her obsession with social media to create her alter ego, blog and brand, The Broke Socialite, in 2006. Through this voice, Shameeka has utilized new media to create a national series of highly-lauded dessert tours and festivals with a social media twist called Sugar Coma EventsTM which have been featured in publications such as Daily Candy, Southern Living, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Atlanta Magazine. She also produces lavish!TM, a first-in-class lifestyle bloggers conference for those who utilize social media to engage about shelter, style, travel, food & wine, entertaining and other general lifestyle considerations. Also an author, Shameeka recently penned Instantly!: How Quickly I Realized I Hate My Job, a novella (release scheduled for Summer 2012) where occupational tomfoolery, hilarity and technology collide and is a lifestyle writer for EBONY.com. Shameeka is a highly sought-after motivational speaker who is passionate about sharing stories about self-discovery, reinvention and her transition from employee to entrepreneur. She has sick addictions to trashy reality television shows, bargain hunting and Pinterest. Shameeka and her husband, Eric (aka “Mr TBS”), reside in Atlanta and are the pround parents of Gareth (aka “The Boy”), a student-athlete at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. The daughter of a breast cancer survivor, Shameeka actively particpates in fundraising and awareness for a cure for this horrible disease. Before becoming an entrepreneur in 2010, Shameeka worked in the pharmaceutical and technology industries for fifteen years.